Comments on: Foreign Correspondent (1940) http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/14/foreign-correspondent-1940/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:21:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/14/foreign-correspondent-1940/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 Joe Valdez Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:47:07 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/14/foreign-correspondent-1940/#comment-1892 Dave: Thanks for pointing that out. I doubt all critics vote as a bloc, even in circumstances similar to the one in England in 1940. Damian: This is such a fantastic movie! It could have been a serious political thriller, or a comic romp, but the way the script manages to do both is something I’m truly in awe of as a writer. It goes to show that sometimes a movie written by committee can be a masterpiece too. Thanks for commenting. I’m really curious which image you’d choose to illustrate your site with. Megan: I agree with you completely about George Sanders. The phrase “cheeky bastard” seems invented specifically for him. Pat: Hitchcock's decision to show the plummeting body and not clue us in until the next scene whether it was McCrea or Gwenn seems so simple, yet it really made for brilliant suspense. p.s. You were successful tonight. Receiving a comment from you across the Atlantic and through the spam filters is always a treat. Dave: Thanks for pointing that out. I doubt all critics vote as a bloc, even in circumstances similar to the one in England in 1940.

Damian: This is such a fantastic movie! It could have been a serious political thriller, or a comic romp, but the way the script manages to do both is something I’m truly in awe of as a writer. It goes to show that sometimes a movie written by committee can be a masterpiece too. Thanks for commenting. I’m really curious which image you’d choose to illustrate your site with.

Megan: I agree with you completely about George Sanders. The phrase “cheeky bastard” seems invented specifically for him.

Pat: Hitchcock’s decision to show the plummeting body and not clue us in until the next scene whether it was McCrea or Gwenn seems so simple, yet it really made for brilliant suspense. p.s. You were successful tonight. Receiving a comment from you across the Atlantic and through the spam filters is always a treat.

]]> By: Pat Evans http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/14/foreign-correspondent-1940/comment-page-1/#comment-1891 Pat Evans Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:36:37 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/14/foreign-correspondent-1940/#comment-1891 Let's see if your spam filter hates me today too. I love this movie particularly with its offbeat casting: having very suave Herbert Marshall as the big baddie and everyone's favourite Kris Kringle, Edmund Gwenn, as a would-be assassin. Good stuff! Let’s see if your spam filter hates me today too. I love this movie particularly with its offbeat casting: having very suave Herbert Marshall as the big baddie and everyone’s favourite Kris Kringle, Edmund Gwenn, as a would-be assassin. Good stuff!

]]> By: Megan http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/14/foreign-correspondent-1940/comment-page-1/#comment-1884 Megan Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:01:58 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/14/foreign-correspondent-1940/#comment-1884 I love George Sanders in this. I remember the first time I saw it I thought for sure he was going to turn out to be a bad guy! I love George Sanders in this. I remember the first time I saw it I thought for sure he was going to turn out to be a bad guy!

]]> By: Damian http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/14/foreign-correspondent-1940/comment-page-1/#comment-1863 Damian Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:16:34 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/14/foreign-correspondent-1940/#comment-1863 I also saw <i>Foreign Correspondent</i> for the first time recently and loved it. Your characterization of it as the "lost gem of Hitch's career" is quite apt, Joe. I even considered using a screenshot from it for my "Windmills" logo. Maybe I still will someday. I also saw Foreign Correspondent for the first time recently and loved it. Your characterization of it as the “lost gem of Hitch’s career” is quite apt, Joe. I even considered using a screenshot from it for my “Windmills” logo. Maybe I still will someday.

]]> By: Dave Pattern http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/14/foreign-correspondent-1940/comment-page-1/#comment-1821 Dave Pattern Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:41:35 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/14/foreign-correspondent-1940/#comment-1821 Great review Joe -- the assassination in the rain scene is one of my favourite Hitchcock moments :-) Out of interest, the British reviews weren't all chilled. Although unusually brief (there was a war on and words were rationed!), the review in The Times was positive: "...first-rate tale of adventure" http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/page/801 The reviews in the same newspaper for "Rebecca" and "Suspicion" were much less favourable. Great review Joe — the assassination in the rain scene is one of my favourite Hitchcock moments :-)

Out of interest, the British reviews weren’t all chilled. Although unusually brief (there was a war on and words were rationed!), the review in The Times was positive:

“…first-rate tale of adventure”
http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/page/801

The reviews in the same newspaper for “Rebecca” and “Suspicion” were much less favourable.

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